Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2023

Walmart has launched a new ecommerce site and customer experience designed specifically for small-and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and nonprofits. The aim of the Walmart Business platform is to “remove complexity in purchasing, lower costs and give our customers more opportunities to serve their customers and communities.”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

That, of course, is the key to Wish’s business model — by connecting international consumers directly with manufacturers (most of them Chinese, although diversifying the company’s merchant base is one of the company’s key turnaround pillars), customers can get products for dirt cheap. Reducing shopping and shipping friction.

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365 Retail

JUNE 8, 2022

The past two years has seen customer experience go from a nice to have to an absolutely essential element of business strategy. Retailers need to be one step ahead of their customers, recommending actions, suggested products and services at the point they are needed.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The problems with getting products to people quickly and cheaply are well-known: consumers want fast fulfillment, which is costly to provide, but they don’t want to pay high (or really any) shipping fees. This is both more complex and more top-of-mind due to ESG [environmental, social and governance]; no one likes to ship air.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2023

Hot Topic has found that predictability — not necessarily speed — is among the most important aspects of the customer experience. The retailer has seen digital sales shift away from next-day deliveries, which now account for just 18.2% of orders, toward two -day or later windows, which account for 80%.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Shein, PDD Group’s Temu and ByteDance’s TikTok Shop, which recently began online shopping in the US, ship the majority of their products directly from factories in China to shoppers by air in individually addressed packages. Shein has started sending goods to US warehouses to speed up shipping times.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

And in today’s day and age, shopping online has never been easier — with targeted ads, free shipping, free returns, stores built into Instagram or TikTok, logins saved on your browser and payment information saved on your devices. Shopping is one of life’s simple pleasures.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In internal fulfillment, the business handles the complete process of storing, packing and shipping. The company must have a warehouse to keep its inventory, and a logistics team to manage the goods for storing, ordering and shipping directly to stores/distributors or customers. Each option has its benefits and disadvantages.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Order Fulfillment When outsourcing, retailers can benefit from streamlined inventory management, order processing, and shipping. Outsourcing this critical function frees up valuable time and resources, enabling retailers to concentrate on sales and customer service.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

We’re also supporting convenience, for example with the September 2022 addition of free shipping for all Beauty Insider members. RTP: Sephora is known for having a rich customer experience. Shoppers can interact in real time with a live beauty adviser — someone you can talk with and have that one-on-one experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

For instance, in 2019, Asos said it would begin deactivating the accounts of serial returners on its site. Customer data analysis: This can be carried out to detect potential networks of fraudsters working together. Large, multinational crime rings may be behind an attack. Cutting Fraud to Claw Back Costs Retailers are pushing back.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2024

Retailers have dedicated considerable effort to refining a customer’s journey but have often overlooked the critical component of improving their employees’ experience. Employee experience is integral to customer experience. They interact with products, services, and customers daily.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

For example, when a brand informs its 3PL about an upcoming promotion or sale, the 3PL can adjust staffing accordingly, which will avoid fulfillment backup and shipping delays. This can include critical insights gathered from metrics such as pick accuracy, on-time shipping, on-time in-full and delivery success rates. 3: Order accuracy.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Californian lifestyle fashion brand, Pacsun , doubled its ship completes by better anticipating online demand and intelligently leveraging its stores as ecommerce fulfilment centres, partnering with antuit.ai , a leader in AI-powered SaaS solutions for consumer products and retail insights and now part of Zebra Technologies.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This versatility is a key tool in appealing to your target customers and creating items they actually want, so it’s important to find a company that offers an extensive product line. While you may not be shipping products worldwide, the benefit of an international company is its extensive network of suppliers, sourcing and tools.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2023

eMarketer expects retail mobile commerce sales to account for 43.4% The mobile web forces you to either remember a password you’ve long forgotten or enter in all your payment and shipping details. of total retail ecommerce sales in 2023. In 2024, mobile commerce sales are expected to hit $534.18 billion, up from $415.93

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Inside Retail

APRIL 7, 2022

This means understanding if the platform has strong tools to support digital marketing, SEO, business management, payments, shipping (if required), customer management and managing customer lifetime value. “A But, according to David Boyer, country manager of ShipStation ANZ, almost any shipping-related task can be automated.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Account takeover fraud, which is driven by impostor scams, increased by 50%, with no signs of slowing down in 2021. However, by understanding how fraudsters target different age groups, merchants can tailor their fraud prevention programs to fit the risk profiles for their customer demographics.

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Clover - Retail

APRIL 18, 2024

Instead, when a customer orders the product, the retailer contacts their manufacturer or wholesale merchant–who keeps inventory of the product on-hand–and has the product shipped directly to the customer. The manufacturer/wholesale merchant is responsible for the shipping process. This is a drop ship.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For the first time, merchants can integrate Royal Mail’s Click & Drop service with their TikTok Shop account, enabling them to arrange shipments and get orders delivered to customers quickly and efficiently. Click & Drop is Royal Mail’s primary shipping solution.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

These challenges must not only be accounted for but solved quickly and cheaply. Global ecommerce sales are set to top $5 billion this year and parcel volumes are expected to swell to 175 million parcels shipped. For that reason, the consequences of a poor, complicated last-mile delivery experience can’t be underestimated.

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LS Retail

JANUARY 25, 2022

©iStock/metamorworks Say hello to Route – a kind of e-commerce customer experience platform. Get shipping notifications that give you real-time status updates on any delivery. Connect Route to any email account, and magically watch your orders make their way to your doorstep. It will take the world by storm.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Outsourcing fulfillment occurs when a business hires a third-party provider to manage some or all aspects of the logistics process, which can include storing inventory, fulfillment of orders, producing items and shipping orders. In 2018, Netflix accounted for 15% of global internet bandwidth, which was the number-one spot.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Customer experience LSKD has ‘audacious’ growth plans for the next few years and Shaughnessy is expected to play a key role in helping the brand create a unique in-store experience and ensuring the right products are stocked in each store. “A It also took home the award for outstanding growth.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In Abbe’s case, the company has packaging technologists on board who know how to ensure structural rigidity when shipping – and the company works closely with the likes of Woolworths, Coles and other major retailers so they can help advise clients on requirements for retailers’ warehousing and supply-chain processes.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Seeking to minimize customers’ return complexities, Walmart has partnered with FedEx for at-home pickup of unwanted gifts or ill-fitting apparel. Customers can schedule returns via the new Carrier Pickup by FedEx service for products that have been shipped and sold by Walmart.com, using either the website or the Walmart app.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2022

These homebound tendencies ignited a fervor for redecorating and DIY home improvement that, by all accounts, is continuing strong into 2022. They may not have a car, so providing great online shopping experiences is key. Be prepared to show off your offerings through elevated customer experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The company decided to invest in technology that would help it harness the power of data to improve its customer insights and the shopper experience. “At The brand deployed a SaaS module from SoundCommerce , dubbed SoundProfit 360, that provides real-time order tracking and shopper-level profitability insights.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Out-of-stocks have bumped up over the past two months, and “we’re flying in a lot of products we would normally have shipped by boat,” she added. Bentzen said YOTTAA , a cloud-based acceleration platform for e-Commerce, helped The Company Store maintain an optimal customer experience despite a traffic surge. “We’re

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Discounting and perks like free shipping have been successful drivers of Black Friday and Cyber Monday campaigns; however, dropping prices is not a winning strategy that creates a path to profitability. In fact, not only does discounting eat into margins, it reduces Average Order Value and Customer Lifetime Value as a result.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

Brands also need to own this entire journey, otherwise they run the risk of losing control and any chance of retaining their customers along with it. If a customer experiences downtime on a website or an outdated mobile app with a broken UX, they’ll bounce to a competitor. The answer? Cloud-native microservices.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

a year and continue to include free standard shipping and no service charges. In addition to the ability to earn points, loyalty members will also gain access to the new Celebrations Passport app featuring a more streamlined experience. Pricing for the Celebrations Passport program will remain $29.99

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2024

Enter Target Circle 360, which for $99 a year will provide free, same-day delivery for orders over $35 and free two-day shipping, among other benefits. Leveraging (and Raising the Profile of) Shipt As with its competitive predecessors , fast, free shipping is a cornerstone of Target Circle 360.

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Inside Retail

MAY 1, 2022

Plus, mobile allows them to be “always-on” and now accounts for 63 per cent of all online purchases. . The problem is, shipping and delivery challenges often arise that are beyond the seller’s control. The modern consumer journey now goes beyond purchase to delivery.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2024

A few years back, an attorney sued several wineries for allegedly not collecting sales tax on shipping charges in Illinois. Frontline customer service staff should have a reasonable understanding of sales tax. He has been listed among Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential people for four years.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 18, 2021

“Almost every episode has a panel of three experts focusing on how to provide positive, personalised services to customers and how those customers interact with brands after their shopping experience. We cover everything from shipping automation to attracting reviews and brand communications through emails and SMS.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

Those disruptions, and their ripple effects on shipping, distribution and warehousing, are expected to continue for months to come and into 2022, meaning that decentralization will remain a core strategy for ensuring business continuity. They’re the essential expenses that effectively set the table for conducting any retail business.

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